TOPICAL BIBLE
Bribery
48 references in this topic.
Exodus 23:8And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.Deuteronomy 16:18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.Judges 16:5And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength [lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.1 Samuel 8:1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.1 Kings 15:19[There is] a league between me and thee, [and] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.Nehemiah 6:10Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who [was] shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.Nehemiah 6:11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who [is there], that, [being] as I [am], would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.Nehemiah 6:12And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.Nehemiah 6:13Therefore [was] he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and [that] they might have [matter] for an evil report, that they might reproach me.Esther 3:9If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring [it] into the king’s treasuries.Job 15:34For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.Psalm 26:9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:Psalm 26:10In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.Proverbs 15:27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.Proverbs 17:8A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.Proverbs 17:23A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.Proverbs 18:16A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.Proverbs 21:14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.Proverbs 25:14Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.Proverbs 28:21To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress.Proverbs 29:4The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.Isaiah 1:23Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.Isaiah 5:22Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:Isaiah 5:23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!Isaiah 33:15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;Isaiah 33:16He shall dwell on high: his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure.Amos 2:6Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;Amos 5:12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate [from their right].Micah 7:3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.Matthew 26:15And said [unto them], What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.Matthew 27:3Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,Matthew 27:4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What [is that] to us? see thou [to that].Matthew 27:5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.Matthew 27:6And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.Matthew 27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.Matthew 27:8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.Matthew 27:9Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;Matthew 28:12And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,Matthew 28:13Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him [away] while we slept.Matthew 28:14And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.Matthew 28:15So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.Mark 14:11And when they heard [it], they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.Luke 22:5And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.Acts 24:26He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
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